Networking Issues After 2.6.15-25-386 Kernel Upgrade

[tom purl]

I ran apt-get upgrade today to get all of the new security updates, which installed a new kernel on my machine. I therefore rebooted, and now I can use my wireless nic.

This nic was configured perfectly by the installation wizard, so I've never had to touch it. Here's the important info:

* Chipsest: Marvel
* Location: eth2

In the past, I always assumed that the installation wizard installed ndiswrapper since it's my understanding that a native Linux driver for the wireless Marvel chipset does not exist. However, I then ran `dpkg -l` to see which version of ndiswrapper was installed, and it wasn't.

So I guess I have two questions:

* First, has anyone else had a networking problem after the kernel upgrade?
* Second, if there is a native driver for the wireless Marvel chipset, what's it called? I checked my modules directory, but didn't see anything with the word "marvel" in it.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

Tom Purl

[tom purl]

Re: Networking Issues After 2.6.15-25-386 Kernel Upgrade

My problem seems to be solved after my third reboot. Everything is working again like it did before. I don't know what was wrong, but oh well I guess.

Also, I'd like to point out that I was wrong in my earlier post. I have two wireless nics in my computer, one that uses the orinoco driver and one that uses a marvel chipset. All along, I have been using the orinoco card, not the marvel card. I realized that after booting up the espresso version of Kubuntu.